Wheeled vehicle



(No Model.)

w. H. OHAPEY.

2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

WHEEL D VEHIGLE.

Patented Sept. 3, 1889.

(No-Model'.) 2 sheet -sheet 2; W. H. OHAFEY. WHEELED VEHIGLE.

1%,41-0510. Patented Sept. 3, 1389.

' UNITED ASTATESPATENT ()FF'ICE.

\VILLIAM H. CI-IAFEY, OF SHERBURNE, NEXV YORK.

WHEELED IEHICLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 410,310, dated September 3, 1889.

Application filed April 23, 1889., Serial No. 308,336. (No model.)

are old. The spring and axle are connected to the body by the means following: A barf is provided with rightangled extensions 9 h at opposite ends, and thus constructed it is bolted to the bottom. of the body and substantially midway between itssides. Clevises 'z' and j are provided upon the bar f, and the former receives a swinging bar 76, which is provided with a head 75', whereby it may be attached to the spring 6. The clevis j receives one end of the brace Z, which extends upward obliquely to the bar is, and is providedwith an extension on, which projects beneath the spring, and is secured thereto, the spring be- 65 ing thus clipped between the extension m and the head 76' and rigidly held therein, I prefer, further, to brace the parts by an oblique strut. 01., extending from the brace Z to the bar is. The bar 76, brace Z, extension m, and strut a may be forged or otherwise formed inone piece, as shown in Fig. 3; orthey maybe made in several parts, as indicated in Fig. 2.

The brace Z is provided with ears Z, between which is pivoted a draft-rod 0, the said draft rod being further jointed at its forward end to a clevis or plate 19, which is clipped to the axle d. It will be seen thus that the spring and axle are rigidly held in a Vertical position, and that they have perfect freedom of motion laterally, and also that the axle may rise and fall under the burden and within the are described by the draft-rod 0. Practically the front gear is swiveled to the body, and it thus admits of the turning of the vehicle very short.

In Fig. 1 the rear axle q is cranked, and the spring 1' is secured thereto substantially as shown in the front gear. This spring, however, is connected rigidly with the body To' all whom, it may concern:

- Be it known that I, IVILLIAM II. CHAFEY,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Sherburne, in the county of Chenango and State of N ew York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement. in Wheeled Vehicles, of which the following is full, clear,

and exact description.

This invention relates to that class of I 'o wheeled vehicles having low-down bodies, and

the invention is designed more especially for milk-delivery wagons, although it is applicable for peddlers wagons and others of that general character.

I11 the particular class of wagons to which this invention relates no reach is employed; but the front and hind running-gears are separate and distinct.

This invention consists in the construction and arrangement of the front and hind running-gears, as I will proceed now more particularly to set forth and claim.

In the accompanying drawings, in the several figures of which like parts are similarly designated, Figure 1 is a perspective View. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the front runninggear on a larger scale. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the front run'ninggear. Fig. 4 is a sectional detail of the draft-iron for the hind running-gear, and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of another form of body and running-gear.

One form of body A which may be used is provided with windows a all around, and the bottom of the body is depressed, as at b, below and between the springs. A door 0 is provided at both sides of this depressed portion. Instead of depressing the body between the springs, the depression may run out rearwardly to the end of the body, as shown in Fig. 5. Thedoor may be at the rear, if desired. \Vith either form of body I employ a front gear constructed substantially as follows: cl is a cranked axle made substantially in the form shown in Fig. 1 or in the form shown in Fig. 5, the extent of depression of the axle depending largely upon the height from the bottom of the depressedbody to the bottom of the portion of the body not depressed. This axle is provided with a halfelliptic spring 6, jointed thereto in usual manner. Such axle and spring so constructed through a bolster s. Draft-irons t are secured on either side of the vehicle to the axle by means of clevises or plates 25', clipped to the axle, thesaid draft-irons being bent at their forward ends and extended into boxes u, and secured therein through the intervention of springs o and nuts '0, the springs and nuts being used in order to prevent rattling. The boxes u are secured to the sides of the vehicle in any suitable manner.

l/Vhere the drop-bodyextends back to the rear of the body proper, as in Fig. 5, the axle will be depressed rather more than is indicated in Fig. 1, so as to go beneath the body, and at the same time allow sufficient play for the springs, and the springs are arranged at the sides of the vehicle and secured to the body by any suitable devices adequate for this arrangement of springs.

What I claim is- 1. A bar adapted to be applied to the bottom of a vehicle-body and provided with clevises, combinedwith a bar pivoted thereto and adapted to be connected to a spring, a draftbar adapted to be connected to an axle, and interposed braces, substantially as described.

2. A bar adapted to be applied to avehiclebody and provided with clevises, a bar pivoted in the upper one of said clevises and adapted to be connected to a spring, a brace attached to or formed with the said pivoted bar and pivoted in the lower clevis, and a draft-bar pivotally connected with the lower clevis and adapted to be applied to an axle, substantially as described.-

3. A bar adapted to be applied to a vehiclebody and provided with clevises, a bar pivoted in the upper clevis, a brace pivoted in the lower clevis and connected to the upper bar, and a draft-bar pivotally connected with the lower clevis, combined with a spring to which the upper bar is rigidly affixed, and an axle bearing the spring, and to which the draft-bar is pivoted, substantially as described.

4. A wheeled vehicle having a drop-body and provided with a front running-gear composed of a bar attached to the bottom of the vehicle substantially midway between its sides and provided with clevises, a bar pivoted in one of said clevises and connected to a spring, a draft-bar connected to the axle, and

a brace interposed between the upper bar and the draft-bar and pivoted to the body-bar, substantially as described.

5. The combination, with the spring and axle, of a bar 70, rigidly affixed to the spring, a piece on, also rigidly aflixed to the spring and to the bar It, a draft-bar o, hinged or pivoted to the axle, a body-bar f, adapted to be attached to a vehicle-body, and a brace interposed between the draftrbar and the bar k, substantially as and for the purpose described.

6. In a drop-body vehicle, the rear runninggear composed of a spring rigidly attached to the body and side draft-irons pivoted to the axle and pivoted to the body of the vehicle, substantially as described.

7. The combination, with the axle and spring, of the draft-irons t, the boxes u, and the springs v, and nuts 0), interposed between the boxes and the draft-irons to prevent rattling of the latter, substantially as described.

8. A wheeled vehicle having a drop-body and provided with a front running-gear composed of a bar attached to the bottom of the vehicle substantially midway between its sides and provided with clevises, a bar pivoted in one of said clevises and connected to a spring, a draft-bar connected to the axle, and a brace interposed between the upper bar and the draft-bar and pivoted to the bodybar, and a hind gear rigidly attached to the body, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 17th day of April, A. D. 1889.

WILLIAM H. GHAFEY.

WVitnesses:

CHAS. A. FULLER, JOHN CHAMBERS. 

